Report an abuse for product PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE, URBAN AND CIVIC DESIGN FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM

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Since the starting of the urbanization, cities have been refuge for different types of people, including bandits, petty thieves, protesters, terrorist, and many others who lives off the economic, social, and political benefits of the city.[1] The mass, knowing that they live among dangerous people, often worry about their security. In response, urban rulers try to assure the residence of their safety through creating a cityscape with defensive features that keep the undesirables out and control the movement of people within. Traditionally, ancient cities like Rome used thick and high walls while modern day cities like Jerusalem have check-points and other protective devices that forms part of security interventions.[2]